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Title not known (Ahmad 16)

Scene with woman and lantern

In this painted scene, by Mahoud Ahmad, the viewer’s eye is drawn to a woman in a formless white garment traversing the canvas carrying a lit lantern on her head. At the extreme forefront, two metallic poles protrude into the frame; whilst in the background, a heap of humanoid figures blend in to a plume of smoke. A pair of tree trunks stand erect mimicking the posture of the female figure in the foreground.

Mahoud Ahmad

Location: Currently unknown. Possibly from the collection of the Iraqi Museum of Modern Art (the former Saddam Center for the Arts)

Hard copies purchased from the photographer of the museum in 2004.

1992

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Oil on Canvas

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